MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Chad to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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